Director of Girls Soccer

David Linenberger
Director of Girls Soccer
Head Coach U18 Girls

A former fulltime national staff coach for US Soccer, David brings years of coaching experience at youth, collegiate and professional levels to the SSM Soccer Academy.

David’s resume includes head or assistant coaching positions at University of South Carolina Spartanburg, Fresno State University, California State University at Sacramento and San Francisco State University. While at Sacramento State, David was named NSCAA Coach of the Year for the 1987 season. Professionally, David coached with the APSL San Francisco Bay Blackhawks and the Sacramento Senators. In 1994 David was selected to coach at the US Sports Festival.

Specializing in elite youth player development, David has been an ODP Regional Head Age Group Coach in both Regions II and IV. Most recently, David served as the Assistant Technical Director for the Virginia Youth Soccer Association where he worked closely with both boys and girls ODP. Prior to joining US Soccer as a national staff coach, David was the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the New Mexico Youth Soccer Association.

While working for US Soccer as a national staff coach, he was responsible for overseeing the Midwest region of the country and worked closely with each state youth director of coaching to promote player development and coach education. David continues to serve as an instructor at US Soccer National Coaching Schools.

David holds a USSF ‘A’ License, National Youth License, Scottish Football Association ‘B’ License and a Brazilian International Coaching Certificate from the Rio De Janeiro Football Association. In addition, David holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology from San Francisco State University.

David can be reached at 507.333.1747 or at dlinenberger@s-sm.org.